WIBU to call the skip hire place?

[Etherel]

So, long story short:

Next door asked whether my car parking space (advertised for as "allocated parking" when I moved in) could be used for a skip for a few weeks and they'd give me their parking space instead. This is an area with very little parking space. Skip was filled within a day and stood there, filled and not touched, for a good few weeks.

Almost every day I came home neighbour was parked in their space despite the promise after skip arrived and after a few times of knocking and asking to park up I felt silly and started to give up, but asked when the skip would go - I was told the Easter weekend. In the meantime, I was left to either park my car on the pavement or across a dropped kerb behind the skip.

Nothing happened for two more weeks, so I approached the couple again and got told they don't know when it was to be removed; they thought it would have gone by now. I was fine with it and asked them to keep me updated. Another week, another "it should have gone by now". Then I saw the partner out in the garden, asked again and we ended up having a coversation where I asked them to phone the company and take it away as I know some will deliberately leave the skip to save on storage space. At no point was it mentioned that the thing was still needed and he seemed to be okay with ringing them up.

More time passed and the neighbours had by now fully taken ownership of their space back while the skip was still in my space. So, having had these conversations 3 times now and always having been told they thought it would have been collected by now I decided to take matters in my own hand and phone the company. I made it clear that I was a neighbour, NOT the couple themselves.

A day later the skip was gone.

Forward another 1.5 weeks and I am having a frothing neibour standing at my door threatening me with just about everything because they now need to hire a new skip as the builders hadn't finished. They want their money back from me.

AIBU to have stood my ground? Yes, I shouldn't have phoned without another confirmation with them, but a) they were taking the absolute piss and b) they kept telling me it should have been collected, not to mention c) the company took the skip back without confirming with them as well.

Don’t be such a pushover.

For a few weeks I knocked on their door every time their space was taken and got them to move their car for me, but to be honest, it was getting a bit silly. I didn't want to have to let my neighbours know every time I was going to come back and potantially not be in overnight for a day or two. So I asked them about removal of the skip. Not sure why that is being a pushover? I didn't just let them take the space whenever, but when I come home at 8am on a Sunday I'm not unconsiderate enough to knock a family out of bed.

I couldn't get through to anyone over the weekend, but conversely, also haven't heard anything from anyone. It may all just be barking without the bite. One can but hope.

Tell your neighbout to go fuck himself. That's what I would do.

You have done the absolute right thing. You were nice and they abused that continually despite several opportunities to be honest or do the right thing.

More fool them. Good for you.

Just ignore him if he asks again pointedly say you told me it should be gone by now, repeatedly and you also promised I could have your parking space and failed to provide that. If you’d been honest this wouldn’t have occured and I’m not paying for your lack of honesty with me.

Op make it clear to them when the next skip comes it’s not going in your space.

@Etherel

Was I being too lenient or just trying to establish decent neighbourhood relationships? I don't mind doing people a favour and I took action when their part of the deal was not held up.

Probably too lenient, but you try and do kind things for people and some of them take the mickey and some don't. You live and learn, but totally did the right thing by calling the skip company.

If he comes knocking again I would say that actually your landlord told you to get the skip moved as he didn't want it in his space, so you had no choice. End of story and he can't argue with that.

Yanbu. The skip company should have checked with the person hiring it before moving it.

@Etherel how are neighbourly relations now?

Funny you should ask, they actually shouted at me again today, having cornered me as I just came in from work, calling me all sorts and once again threatening to make me lose my rented home. I didn't budge, just reminded them I don't like being shouted at. Next time I may ask them to leave or I will start calling this harassment. They also told me the new skip would arrive in the parking space again tomorrow. We will see.

Wow they really are entitled selfish C*nts aren't they.

I'd be phoning the Skip Hire Co pronto .. if it appears.. 🌸

Cheeky cunts!!!

Just when I think I’ve hear it all we get a classic like this the cf’s or the stupidest people on the planet. So in your update they are saying a skip will arrive tomorrow on your space ?
Block the space just in case if it appears just tell them you are ringing to get it removed.

Of the skip is playing in your space phone the skip company immediately. Don't even deal with the neighbours any more.

Cheeky fuckers. I can't believe the cheek of them!

Therebis zero chance they could get you evicted. That takes months and months to do even with noisy tenants who don’t pay rent, and there is a huuuuuge backlog in the courts at the moment. Even if you weren’t paying rent yoh still wouldn’t be evicted for a long time. As it is, you haven’t done anything wrong. So put the idea of being evicted out of your mind.

Get this straight in your head: they are bullying you. They persuaded you to have their skip on your home (no one should ever agree to that!), they lied about making their space available to you, lied about it being collected soon, then came and told you off when they should have been grovelling.

Stop thinking about what is reasonable and what isn’t and instead realise that you have been a victim of bullying and you need an effective strategy to end it. Google how to deal with bullies.

Glad you’re moving soon they sound awful.

Make a police complaint about them harassing you, littering your land and threatening to do so again. Talk to the builders if you see them making clear that no one is allowed onto your space. If a skip appears, call the company and get it removed.”, and drop a note to neighbours warning them that you are making a police complaint and any skip placed on your property will be removed without notice to them.

Will you be in when the skip arrives? I'd keep an eye out and make sure you tell the skip company they can't leave it there. Or ring the company, I'd guess they'll use the same one, and tell them it's not to go in the space outside the houses as that's your property, and the neighbours space is at the side of their own house.

They were bang out of order to leave it there so long and to use the space they'd swapped you for yours. They knew full well what they were doing.

What area are you op? Do you have someone who can park in your space while you're not there? I'd happily do it!

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Please tell me they’re not getting away with this!

Don’t let them put another skip there. Park your car there. Don’t move it. Contact the skip
Company and tell them they don’t have permission to put it there. Your neighbours are bullies.. don’t let them treat you like this.

Your landlord won’t care and neither will the letting agency. Tell him to go ahead a report you.

Call the skip company again and tell them they don't have permission to put the skip there.

Block the space if you can.

Phone 101 and log a complaint of harrassment.

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What ArcheryAnnie says.

You sound lovely. If they call your landlord won't he be pissed off with them for putting a skip on his property?

Tell them to get to fuck, horrible scumbags.